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Old Conn
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:40 am
by trseaman
Found this on Ebay last night. I asked the seller about a model number and he said there isn't one... I should be an expert for Conn horns that can't be indentified!!!
Tim
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1
Re: Old Conn
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:28 pm
by Chuck(G)
trseaman wrote:Found this on Ebay last night. I asked the seller about a model number and he said there isn't one... I should be an expert for Conn horns that can't be indentified!!!
Tim
viewtopic.php?t=12550&highlight=82j
Tim, do you have a URL for the auction?
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:30 pm
by trseaman
Oops!
See the correct link above!
I should slow down sometimes!
Tim
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:47 pm
by windshieldbug
I can't make out the engraving. As you know, if it was "Conn", and not "Conn Ltd", Chuck never put the receiver markings on his horns. If true, it could be a "pre" model, a custom job that Conn's shop was well known for doing, or even a later frankenhorn that used a Conn bell...
Old Conn Serial #
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:35 pm
by The Big Ben
The seller has listed the serial #:
97889
I haven't looked that one up yet but it might tell someone something.
The horn looks pretty straight- not a beater. I imagine it has its problems but the major 'dent areas' are pretty straight so perhaps the buyer will be lucky enough that the horn has spent 75 or so years in a closet.
Update: I looked this up on the "Conn Loyalist" list ( http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/ )and the serial number translates to 1906-7. There is a list of model numbers and years produced on that same site and I was unable to line up a model produced with that date. This site also said that these early horns did not have a model number stamped on them by the factory. Soooo... Someone with more knowledge and greater searching skills will have to chime in...
Jeff